This week Nick is joined by lead singer and bassist of The Deep Sea Divas, Jonathan Sonora, and their manager ‘RocknRoll Tina.’ (Go check out their stuff and support them on iTunes and Spotify!) For this episode, they watched the 2017 Netflix documentary: Abducted in Plain Sight. This incredible true story follows Jan Broberg and her story of how she was abducted from the same man TWICE in the span of two years.

In this episode, they discuss what the most jaw-dropping moment for them was, if the family is to blame at all for their daughter’s abduction, their lingering questions, if this story could happen in 2019, and much more!

March 30, 2019.

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Welcome to a brand new ~SPOILER-FILLED~ episode of So What’d You Think! This week Nick is joined by one of his oldest friends and horror movie lover, Daryl Hutchins, to discuss the new Jordan Peele horror film: Us. Listen in to hear us do our very best deciphering what the hell this movie means, what exactly we liked and didn’t like this time around, our guesses for the future of Jordan Peele, and much more!

March 22, 2019.

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This week Nick is joined by USC student and friend, Fiona Pestana, to talk about the 2006 indie dramedy Little Miss Sunshine. Starring an all-star cast of Steve Carell (The Office), Greg Kinnear (As Good as It Gets), Toni Colette (Hereditary), Alan Arkin (Argo), and Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood), this fun road trip film deals with loss and what it means to lose, while making you laugh out loud throughout.

In this episode, they discuss their favorite scenes, the themes and messages underneath the comedy, what it means to be a winner and a loser, if suffering and loss helps define a person, the biggest flaw of the film, their favorite character, what a sequel for these characters would look like, and much more!

March 6, 2019.

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Joined by NBA Reporter Khari Jones Jr., Nick and Khari sit down to discuss the classic ’94 basketball film: Blue Chips. In this episode, they discuss Shaquille O’Neal’s acting, whether it is effective for coaches to be hard on players, the line between entertainment and money in basketball, fixed games, paying college players and banning coaches, the future of college basketball, and much more.

March 2, 2019.

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For this week’s episode, Nick is joined by social media inlfuencer, Jarod Majeika (aka @jarodzsz), to discuss Denis Villeneuve’s breakout film: Incendies. Director of Sicario, Prisoners, Arrival, and Blade Runner 2049, Villeneuve expertly weaves together a complex story of family, loss, suffering, and peace in this Oscar nominated film. Incendies tells the story of two twins who, after the death of their mother, must deliver two letters to their long lost brother and father, and along the way discover who their mom really was.

In this episode, they discuss the specific motifs and their purpose, what the main message of the film might be, if you are rooting for the mother, the idea that everyone has a past, if having children is inherently selfish, what the line is for a parent in raising a child without overstepping, and much, much more!

February 23, 2019.

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We’ve made it! Finally, 2018 is over and we have a whole lot to say about it. This week, Nick is joined by USC film student and friend, Nate Cohen to discuss our thoughts on 2018. In this episode, we give our TOP 10 lists of what we thought were the absolute BEST of the year, some honorable mentions that didn’t quite make the list but are worth seeing, our thoughts on this year’s Oscars and who should win, and the absolute WORST movie we had to sit through this year. We highly encourage you to listen to this episode and find some hidden gems you may not have seen yet. To help you out, we’ve made some timestamps below in case you want to skip around a bit. Let’s get ready for the Oscars!

NATE's TOP 10:

10 - 3:18, 9 - 17:36, 8 - 26:55, 7 - 39:40, 6 - 44:18, 5 - 32:51, 4 - 1:01:39, 3 - 1:07:21, 2 - 1:18:50, 1 - 1:28:19.

NICK's TOP 10:

10 - 10:00, 9 - 20:24, 8 - 32:51, 7 - 44:18, 6 - 50:45, 5 - 56:30, 4 - 3:18, 3 - 1:13:30, 2 - 1:24:33, 1 - 1:32:48.

HONORABLE MENTIONS: 1:36:43.

WORST MOVIES: 1:43:10.

February 7, 2019.

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This week, Nick is joined by voice actor and SAG member, Anthony Arnello, coming all the way from Thousands Oaks, CA to discuss the 2018 Paul Dano directorial debut: Wildife. Surrounded by enthralling and complex performances by Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Camp, and Ed Oxenbould, Wildlife is perhaps the most underrated film of 2018, telling the story of a father, played by Gyllenhaal, who loses his job and is then hired to become a firefighter to put out wildfires spreading in 1960s Montana. However, this film instead focuses on the wife and his son, played by Mulligan and Oxenbould respectively, and how they cope with the situation.

In this episode, they discuss the brilliant and overlooked performance of Carey Mulligan, the complexity of each character, the detail of costuming, the purpose of Gyllenhaal’s disappearance for the majority of the film, the stereotypes of masculinity and the housewife in the 1960s, the breakdown and attack of the “American Dream,” an analysis and meaning behind certain monologues, who we most empathize with, and much, much more!

February 9, 2019.

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Mixing it up this week, Nick is joined by good friend Mike De La Rosa to discuss the entirety of Season 1 of Curb Your Enthusiasm! Starring Larry David, the creator and head writer of Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm expertly weaves multiple story lines filled with layered jokes and dry humor, as a fictionalized version of himself leads his narcissistic post-Seinfeld life.

In this episode, they discuss all of Season One, talking about the type of humor, the structure of each episode, an analysis of Larry’s character, the process of how an episode is written, the layering of jokes, a breakdown of several jokes and why they work, the reason for the name of the show, if we’re rooting for or against Larry, comparisons with The Office, our favorite character (besides Larry) on the show, guesses for what’s next for Season 2, and much more!

February 2, 2019.

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For this week’s episode, Nick and joined by friend, Jonah Koppelman, to discuss what is considered one of the best films of all time: the 1980 Martin Scorsese film, Raging Bull. Starring Robert De Niro in his prime, this black and white boxing film deals with issues of anger, selfishness, and responsibility, all through the brilliance of early Martin Scorsese. In this episode, they discuss Robert De Niro’s transformation, the best scenes to them that stand out, Scorsese’s stylistic choices and the brilliance of them, the inclusion of the colored montage scene, themes of blame and selfishness, how women are treated in the film, if its possible to separate anger from home and boxing, the morality of Jake and Vickie, how this ranks next to Scorsese’s other films, and much more!

January 26, 2019.

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Welcome to the Season 2 Premiere of So What'd You Think! For the first episode of the new season, Nick is joined by good friend and 3rd time returning guest, Kareem Danan. They sit down and watch the 1975 Jack Nicholson classic: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Winner of all five top awards at the Oscars that year, this film has proved to not only be recognized as great at the time, but appreciated today as well.

In this episode, they discuss the meaning of the title, the use of music, the importance of Chief's arc, the difference between a 'person' and a 'unique individual,' if you empathize with McMurphy, the relevance to today's issues, comparisons of other films with similar topics, what the message of the film really is, what the hospital and its patients really represents, our slow recognition that THE Danny DeVito is in this film, and more!

January 19, 2019.

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